"As their master rises in life, they insist upon more Cooks, more Peons, more Kissmagars, more Bearers, &c. The consequence of a refusal is that those he wants most, particularly Bearers, will run away; and the Banian, who is in the secret, makes so many difficulties in getting others, and has so many well-feigned excuses, and so many artful tricks to make his master feel the want of them, that although people are sensible of the fraud, they are obliged to comply with what their servants call custom, to save themselves the numberless vexations they would otherwise occasion. Most of the servants besides insist upon raising their wages in proportion to their master’s rank. This they likewise tell him is all time custom, a favourite expression with the Banians; and, in their opinion, a sufficient reason for any thing."